The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 8, 1914
Waxing Gibbous
94.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:03 PM
4:56 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.8%
- Age
- 13.0 days
- Distance
- 359,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -108
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Apr 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 153.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.3° / 22.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 29m / 2.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 171.72° / -0.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.26° / 1.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 22.54° / 0.86° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.